Osaka voters will once again face a referendum on merging the city’s 24 wards following a decision Friday on a plan that would create four large, semiauton ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba to gradually sell Kioxia stake after ex-chip unit’s IPO
Toshiba Corp plans to gradually unwind its 40per cent stake in Kioxia Holdings after the world's second-largest flash memory chip firm lists its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan releases contact-tracing app using Apple and Google tech (updated)
Japan has launched its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, which officials hope will help prevent a second wave of infections. The app has been besieged with various legislative challenges since work first ... ( read original story ...)
Holland Point Welcomes Japanese Hibachi Eatery With Two More Restaurants on the Way
Nagoya Japanese Steak House, which specializes in hibachi cooking, is set to open soon in the new Publix-anchored Holland Point with two other ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Exchanges And Bitcoin Are Poised For Massive Growth By 2030
Crypto is a disruptive technology designed to be an alternative to the fiat monetary system and fundamentally challenge countless industries. Over the next decade, the space will compete with ... ( read original story ...)
Shining light on a malignant lung cancer
Treating a rare type of malignant lung cancer could improve, thanks to near-infrared irradiation and a cancer-targeting compound. Nagoya University oncologist Kazuhide Sato and colleagues tested the ... ( read original story ...)
As Bitcoin Struggles, This New Crypto Has Soared 250% To A Massive $2 Billion Valuation
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investors, feeling bullish amid a broad post-coronavirus crash rally, are seeing massive gains from some smaller ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba to gradually sell Kioxia stake after ex-chip unit’s IPO – sources
Toshiba Corp plans to gradually unwind its 40% stake in Kioxia Holdings after the world's second-largest flash memory chip firm lists its shares in an IPO later this year, two people familiar ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft built Japan’s contact-tracing app using Apple and Google tech
Japan is finally getting ready to launch its COVID-19 contact-tracing app, which officials hope will help prevent a second wave of infections. The app — expected to roll out this week — has been ... ( read original story ...)
Japan opens season after 3-month delay
Japan opened its professional regular season Friday without fans in attendance. (AP/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO -- Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not -- play ball. After a three ... ( read original story ...)
Truck driver stabbed on Yokohama street after dispute with motorcyclist
Police in Yokohama have arrested a 26-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed another man following an argument over a traffic matter. According to police, the ... ( read original story ...)
Eilish McColgan: Scot ‘excited’ by Tokyo Olympics distance double
Eilish McColgan is "excited" to go for the distance double at the Tokyo Olympics - 30 years after mother Liz won 10,000m world gold in the same city. ( read original story ...)
Trump Taps Jay Clayton To Be U.S. Attorney As Anxious Crypto Industry Awaits Choice For New SEC Chair
The Department of Justice released a late-night press release Friday from Attorney General William Barr who announced the SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to serve as U. S. Attorney of New York. ( read original story ...)
Toshiba to gradually sell stake in Kioxia after ex-chip unit’s IPO – sources
Toshiba Corp plans to gradually unwind its 40% stake in Kioxia Holdings after the world's second-largest flash memory chip firm lists its shares in an IPO later this year, two sources familiar with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s deflation gathers momentum as prices extend declines
Japan's core consumer prices fell for a second straight month in May, reinforcing deflation expectations and raising the challenge for policymakers battling to revive an economy reeling from the ... ( read original story ...)
Universal Studios reopens to Osaka-Kyoto-Nara travel bubble
OSAKA -- Summer is here at last, and Universal Studios Japan finally opened its doors again on Friday. But before you get too excited, make sure you live in or around the cities of Osaka and Kyoto. ( read original story ...)